# Welcome to Canadoper Pub, 2019! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022 "2019-01-01T03:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/181 "2019-07-08T16:48:40Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It’s right on Highway 11. It’s been on a Canada Post stamp and everything. You sure you’ve not been on auto-pilot when you drive to Regina? 😉 > > [5 roadside attractions to check out in Saskatchewan](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/roadside-attractions-saskatchewan-1.4760288) > > [The World’s Largest Coffee Pot](https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/search-results/102015/the-world%27s-largest-coffee-pot) > > [The Maple Highway](https://maplehighway.com/post/7615656040/davidson-saskatchwanworlds-biggest-coffee-pot) > > [Canada Post: Roadside Attractions](https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/blogs/collecting/details.page?article=2010/07/05/roadside_attractions&cattype=collecting&cat=stamps) Well, like all people from Saskatchewan I’m entirely sure that I _have_ been on autopilot driving past Davidson. I mean, it’s not like the speed limit changes or anything like at thrice-cursed Chamberlain. So I just street-viewed my way past Davidson and sure enough, there’s a big coffeepot next to the north entrance. Huh. Now, of course, it’d be blazingly obvious every time I go by and I’ll be baffled as to how I never saw it before. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/182 "2019-07-08T18:32:24Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > It might be considerably north of the Trans Canada, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard Batoche described as being in northern Saskatchewan before. I consider anything north of Saskatoon Northern Saskatchewan, but you’re right - it is not nearly as far north as I remember it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/183 "2019-07-08T19:21:47Z")
I think north of hwy 3 is northern sask. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/184 "2019-07-08T19:31:11Z")
> [@K364](#): > > I think north of hwy 3 is northern sask. Still to far south, imho. You’re not in northern Sask until you’re _past_ Meadow Lake or Waskesui. La Ronge is northern Saskatchewan. Nipawin isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/185 "2019-07-08T21:16:22Z")
> [@K364](#): > > I think north of hwy 3 is northern sask. Oh you wacky Southerners… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/186 "2019-07-09T14:17:32Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Okay, you are practically in downtown. As I recall, there is a nice lounge in the hotel, but like I said, there are a few nice places within a few minutes’ walk. I’ll speak with **Cat** and **Jimbo** , and we’ll come up with something suitable. > > Do you know the exact dates that you will be in town? I fly in on the 15th and head back on the 19th - I’ll be here all week, folks! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/187 "2019-07-10T07:08:37Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > I fly in on the 15th and head back on the 19th - I’ll be here all week, folks! Hey, try the veal! 😃 Next week? Thanks; I will let **Cat** and **Jimbo** know. I think we can decide on a nice place that is wihin walking distance of your hotel. Looking forward to meeting you! ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/188 "2019-07-10T13:08:12Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Well, like all people from Saskatchewan I’m entirely sure that I _have_ been on autopilot driving past Davidson. I mean, it’s not like the speed limit changes or anything like at thrice-cursed Chamberlain. So I just street-viewed my way past Davidson and sure enough, there’s a big coffeepot next to the north entrance. Huh. Now, of course, it’d be blazingly obvious every time I go by and I’ll be baffled as to how I never saw it before. What?!?! The [Eston gopher statue](http://www.bigthings.ca/saskatchewan/eston-gopher.html) didn’t make the list? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/189 "2019-07-11T05:32:13Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Hey, try the veal! 😃 > > Next week? Thanks; I will let **Cat** and **Jimbo** know. I think we can decide on a nice place that is wihin walking distance of your hotel. Looking forward to meeting you! Okay, **Das Glasperlenspiel** , I’ve conferred with **Cat** and **Jimbo** , and I think we’ve come up with something. Check your PMs for more details. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/190 "2019-07-14T03:10:48Z")
Regina is getting refugees from forest fires in the Thunder Bay area. You okay, **Muffin**? And, I would have thought they’d be evacuated to Winnipeg, since it’s closer. Does that mean Winnipeg already has a lot of fire refugees? Apparently if Regina runs out of space, the authorities plan to evacuate new refugees to Saskatoon. Feel very sorry for them all. Complete disruption of their daily lives, plus possibility their homes might burn. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/191 "2019-07-14T23:52:51Z")
There are many fires north and north east of Winnipeg. Many of the fires north east of Winnipeg are closer to Winnipeg than Thunder Bay. North Western Ontario is pretty much full up with fire evacuees, so Winnipeg has been pitching in. Now it looks like some evacuees will be heading even further west. It is heart warming to see communities help out, but the simple fact of the matter is that usually only regional centres have capacity to host significant numbers of fire refugees, so sometimes there is a diaspora. I very much hope that no communities are lost in the fires. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/192 "2019-07-15T00:03:59Z")
No worries for myself, for although I live in the bush, it is on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, where we’s gots water bombers a plenty. When I moved to my present digs, my insurance company wanted to know how far my place was from a fire hydrant. I replied: “There are no fire hydrants anywhere near here, but a few days ago a water bomber extinguished a burning truck.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/193 "2019-07-15T02:42:24Z")
I understand they’re using the residences at U of Regina and say that they’ve got plenty of staff and volunteers to make it work, but there’s only so much space. That’s why they’re lining up Saskatoon and U of S. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/194 "2019-07-15T02:43:24Z")
Glad you’re not at risk. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/195 "2019-07-15T22:21:28Z")
Good to hear you’re OK **Muffin**. ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/196 "2019-07-22T15:39:53Z")
My thanks to the Lethbridge Dopers, Spoons, Cat Whisperer and the Dread Pirate Jimbo! I thoroughly enjoyed our evening at the Owl - good food, good beer and great conversation! It’s always great to meet another Doper IRL! I hope to see any or all of you in Ottawa some day. I am now back in Ottawa, sweltering in the heat and trying to make sense of all the notes I took! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/197 "2019-07-23T02:47:42Z")
I go to Ottawa occasionally on business. I may be there for a meeting in November. Will post here if it starts to look likely - would love to meet some Otta-Dopers! ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/198 "2019-07-23T03:01:32Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I go to Ottawa occasionally on business. I may be there for a meeting in November. Will post here if it starts to look likely - would love to meet some Otta-Dopers! We’re always up for it! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/199 "2019-07-23T03:35:48Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I go to Ottawa occasionally on business. I may be there for a meeting in November. Will post here if it starts to look likely - would love to meet some Otta-Dopers! Yeah, sorry I missed you last time. Shit happens, as they say. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-canadoper-pub-2019/827022/200 "2019-07-23T04:43:40Z")
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